{"id":187670,"date":"2019-12-21T21:52:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T03:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=187670"},"modified":"2019-12-23T08:19:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T14:19:28","slug":"quinones-named-to-naia-all-america-2nd-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=187670","title":{"rendered":"Quinones named to NAIA All-America, 2nd Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-186399\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/QuinonesLouis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/QuinonesLouis.jpg 169w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/QuinonesLouis-132x175.jpg 132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcsuvikings.com\/article\/3627\">VCSU<\/a>) Valley City State University running back\u00a0was named to the Associated Press NAIA All-America 2nd Team on Friday \u2013 the latest accolade collected by VCSU&#8217;s record-breaking running back.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Quinones was named 2nd Team All-American on Friday as an all-purpose player after excelling as a running back and kick returner throughout his Viking career. He led the nation in all-purpose yards this season, racking up 210 total yards per game. He also led the NAIA in rushing yards per game (150). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Despite missing two games to injury, Quinones racked up 1198 rushing yards, 12 touchdowns and 1678 all-purpose yards during the 2019 campaign \u2013\u00a0helping VCSU to a 7-3 overall record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Quinones was one of just six running backs across the nation named to the AP All-America Team \u2013 either as a running back or all-purpose player. The Associated Press NAIA All-America Team is voted on by a collection of media members and sports information directors from across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Earlier this month, Quinones was named Honorable Mention NAIA All-American by the American Football Coaches&#8217; Association. He was also named First Team All-Conference as a running back and Second Team All-Conference as a kick returner. He achieved All-Conference as both a running back and returner in his sophomore, junior and senior seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Quinones also broke the VCSU career rushing record this season and tied the school record for rushing touchdowns, finishing his Viking career with 3530 rushing yards and 36 rushing touchdowns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/82cc3b5de2cc7bd55260a8adf8b212ae?fbclid=IwAR2D8hjrGc61Fwabqo2XPjefqXFG7jeO1vFvJd-7vbXqPIEbk-ey6Esfsa4\"><span class=\"s1\">Complete Associated Press All-America Team<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(VCSU) Valley City State University running back\u00a0was named to the Associated Press NAIA All-America 2nd Team on Friday \u2013 the latest accolade collected by VCSU&#8217;s record-breaking running back. Quinones was named 2nd Team All-American on Friday as an all-purpose player after excelling as a running back and kick returner throughout [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":187728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=187670"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187730,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187670\/revisions\/187730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/187728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=187670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=187670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=187670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}